With a new year comes lots of new books. And it’s not just new books but new commentaries as well. Lots of them have landed on my doorstep in the past few weeks and here are my picks for the new and notable books and commentaries from January 2021. In each case I’ve included the publisher’s description, just to give you a taste of what it’s about.

Rejoice and Tremble: The Surprising Good News of the Fear of the Lord by Michael Reeves. “Fear is one of the strongest human emotions, and it is one that often baffles Christians. ‘The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.’ Fear is one of the strongest human emotions―and one that often baffles Christians. In the Bible the picture can seem equally confusing: Is fear a good thing or a bad thing? And what does it mean to ‘fear the Lord’? In Rejoice and Tremble, Michael Reeves clears the clouds of confusion and shows that the fear of the Lord is not a negative thing at all, but an intensely delighted wondering at God, our Creator and Redeemer.” (See also the companion book, What Does It Mean to Fear


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